that Silence is without life
that it is inanimate
without either Spirit or Voice.
It is not.
Indeed the word is to this Silence
What the Shadow is to the Foreshadowed
What the veil is to the eyes
What the mind is to truth
What Language is to LIFE......
Reference:
1. Ghosh, Amitav. The Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel of Fevers, Delirium, and Discovery. Penguin Books, 2008.
